🇰🇪Kenya immigration routes

Every route we track for Kenya, with the official source behind each one.

8

routes tracked

0

need no employer sponsor

0

map to permanent residence

Routes

• Class A Work Permit (Prospecting and Mining)

  Work permit for a foreign national engaging, alone or in partnership, in prospecting for minerals or mining in Kenya.

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• Class D Work Permit (Employment)

  Kenya's Class D Work Permit, issued by the Directorate of Immigration Services, is for a person offered specific employment by a specific employer, who holds skills or qualifications not available in Kenya, and whose engagement will benefit the country.

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• Class G: (Specific trade, business or consultancy)

  Class G is Kenya's permit for the person who brings the business rather than takes a job.

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• Class K: (Ordinary residents)

  Class K is Kenya's residence permit for people living on income they already have rather than income they will earn in Kenya.

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• Dependant's Pass

  The Dependant's Pass is the authorisation Kenya issues to a foreigner who is a dependant of a Kenyan citizen, a permit holder, a permanent resident or an exempted person.

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• Permanent Residence

  Permanent residence in Kenya is regulated by sections 37, 38 and 39 of the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act 2011, and the Directorate of Immigration Services sets out exactly who may apply online through the eFNS portal, together with their children and spouses.

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• Special Pass

  The Special Pass is Kenya's short-horizon authorisation for work that does not justify a full permit.

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• Student's Pass

  The Student's Pass is the authorisation issued to a foreigner who wishes to pursue education in an academic or training institution in Kenya where they have been accepted or admitted.

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